A SALINAS MAN WAS CONVICTED OF RAPE LAST WEEK. ON THURSDAY, 48 YEAR OLD EFRAIN GONZALES WAS FOUND GUILTY OF THE 2003 RAPE OF A THEN 17 YEAR OLD GIRL. THE VICTIM, WAS A FRIEND OF HIS DAUGHTER’S THAT GONZALES RAPED IN HIS VAN WHILE GIVING THE GIRL A RIDE HOME. GONZALES THEN FLED THE AREA, AND WAS ON THE RUN UNTIL HIS CAPTURE IN 2013. HE FACES UP TO 6 YEARS IN PRISON WHEN SENTENCED ON JULY 9TH.
